2013-2014 NBA Season Thread

[jonathanlambert33]

Yea, but I also picked the Grizzlies, Cavs & Pistons, so you're not looking at the brightest guy here.

Did the right thing with the Grizz lol

 

[buzzy]

I like that we can go back to the prediction threads and see who said what.

The Wolves and Pels were definitely the more popular choices over the Blazers and Mavs. It's so easy to talk shit afterwards.

 

[elcheato]

oh ya, the Grizz did make it. Count it.
 
Whiffed badly on the Nuggets.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

I kinda feel bad for Phoenix. What an incredible season they had only to fall just a tad short.

 

[elcheato]

 
Awards
Most Valuable Player (5 points): LeBron James (2nd)
Coach of the Year (5 points): Randy Whitman
Defensive Player of the Year (10 points): Dwight Howard
Rookie of the Year (10 points): Victor Oladipo
Most Improved Player (10 points): Eric Bledsoe
6th Man of the Year (10 points): Jarret Jack
 
Scoring title (5 points): Kobe Bryant
Rebounding title (5 points): Kevin Love
Assisting title (5 points): Chris Paul
Blocking title (5 points): Larry Sanders
Stealing title (5 points): Ricky Rubio (2nd)
 
Scoring title - Rookies (5 points): Oladipo (2nd)
 
 
Player with most 3's over reg. season (10 points): Steph Curry
Player with most dunks over reg. season (10 points): Dwight Howard (2nd)
Player with most turnovers over reg. season (10 points): Kevin Durant (3rd)
 
 
Player with most points in a single game (reg season + playoffs) (10 points): Kobe Bryant
Points scored (25 points): 68
 
Player with most rebounds in a single game (reg. season + playoffs) (10 points): Vucevic
Number of rebounds (25 points): 25
 
Player with most assists in a single game (reg. season + playoffs) (10 points): Rubio
Number of assists (25 points): 17 (17 was his season best and good for 2nd most)
 
 
Players traded during regular season (max. 3 choices) (15 points each)
- Danny Granger
- Omer Asik
- Greg Monroe
 
 
 
All-Star
Leading Vote-Getter (5 points): LeBron James
Winning team (5 points): East
All-Star Game MVP (10 points): Kyrie Irving
Rookie-Sophomore Game MVP (10 points): Brad Beal
Slam Dunk Champion (25 points): Victor Oladipo
3 Point Champion (25 points): Brad Beal
 
First time All-Stars (max. 3 choices) (10 points each):
- Anthony Davis
- Steph Curry
- DeMarcus Cousins (should have made it)
 
 
All-Star Starters (voted in; potential injuries don't matter) (5 points each)
East:
- LeBron James
- Dwyane Wade
- Carmelo Anthony
- Kyrie Irving
- Kevin Garnett
 
West:
- Chris Paul
- Kobe Bryant
- Kevin Durant
- Dwight Howard
- Tim Duncan
 
 
 
8 Western Conference Playoff teams (no order, 5 points each)
- Rockets
- Spurs
- Thunder
- Nuggets
- Clippers
- Grizzlies
- Golden State
- New Orleans
 
8 Eastern Conference Playoff teams (no order, 5 points each)
- Heat
- Nets
- Knicks
- Pacers
- Bulls
- Cavs
- Pistons
- Wizards
 
Best record - East (10 points): Heat (2nd, still possible)
Best record - West (10 points): Spurs
 
Best record - NBA (has to be one of the above) (10 points): Heat
Exact record (25 points): 61-21
 
 
Worst record - East (10 points): 76ers
Worst record - West (10 points): Phoenix (welp)
 
Worst record - NBA (has to be one of the above) (10 points): 76ers
Exact record (25 points): 15-67 (this will be the Bucks final record)
 
 
Team with most improved record (10 points): Cavs
 
 
Team with longest winning streak (reg. season + playoffs) (10 points): Heat
Number of games (25 points): 12
 
Team with longest losing streak (reg. season  + playoffs) (10 points): 76ers
Number of games (25 points): 22 (I gave them too much credit lmao)
 
 

• Number of sweeps throughout playoffs (10 points): 4
• Number of games played in NBA Finals (5 points): 6
•  
• Eastern Conference Champion (10 points): Heat
• Western Conference Champion (10 points): Thunder
• NBA Champion (has to be one of the above) (15 points): Heat
•  
• Finals MVP (25 points): LeBron

 
 
Misc. (3 points each)
All-Star game O/U 280.5 points (Over/Under): Over
NBA Championship won at home or on road (Home/Road): Road
Will there be a quadruple OT game? (reg. season + playoffs) (Yes/No): No
Rookie scores 40 or more (Yes/No): No
Rookie gets triple double (Yes/No): No

 

[buzzy]

MCW might still get it

 

[elcheato]

I realized it 5 seconds after I posted it and italicized it, flash

 

[CameronCrazy06]

You picked Kyrie Irving as ASG MVP so I'd chalk that up as a win.

 

[buzzy]

Definitely. I didn't pick anything impressive right by the looks of it.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Picking Kyrie as All-Star MVP is pretty damn good actually.

 

[elcheato]

You picked Kyrie Irving as ASG MVP so I'd chalk that up as a win.

 

[elcheato]

Definitely wasn't a homer pick because I nailed it, btw

 

[Elite]

He's a Cavs fan, stop gassing him for his homerism lol

 

[elcheato]

But if we're talking real, that was my least homeristic Cavs pick in there. Kyrie thrives in all-star environments, this was established the previous two years, McDonalds High School game, etc.. It hinged on him being voted in as a starter to win for me, cause he would need to make plays down the stretch. Figured he'd be the starter, I was right.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I stand by it considering 9 more wins would be 42 and they weren't +.500 good.

Again, this is just the same argument, but if we're talking a healthy squad, 42+ wins would have been attainable. At 42 wins, we're talking about that not even being good enough for the 9th spot in the West, and we're also talking about a team that is eight or so games out of the 8th seed.

None the less, a team that doesn't suffer the second most injuries out of the thirty teams in the league, a team that doesn't miss Ryan Anderson for 60 games, Jason Smith for 51 games, Jrue Holiday for 48 games, Eric Gordon for 18 games, Anthony Davis for 15 games, Brian Roberts for 11 games, and Tyreke Evans for 10 games is good enough to make up nine games over the course of an 82 game season, especially when the team as currently constructed has a differential of less than three points a game. This shouldn't even be up for debate, I'm not even saying a healthy roster is a playoff team, but you're just being ignorant.

 

[elcheato]

The Pelicans are better than he's giving credit, but Eric Gordon missing 18 games is healthy for him (not to mention, you even said yourself that he hurts the Pelicans more than helps), Jason Smith hasn't played a full season since '10-'11, Ryan Anderson's injury was very unfortunate and not expected, but he missed 15-19 games three straight seasons to start his career (although he was healthy the previous two), Reke has missed at least 10 games in every season except '11-'12, Davis missed 18 last year. The Jrue one was the only guy whose injury was really blatantly uncharacteristic. Although some of the lengths are above norm. Point remains, a lot of the Pelicans players are "injury prone" to an extent. I wouldn't label Davis with that yet, as bad teams tend to not be in a hurry to rush guys back to the floor.

 

[Hurricane Season]

So which series will Roy Hibbert put together 3 or 4 games that make people forget about how shitty he is the other 90% of games he plays?

 

[jonathanlambert33]

The Pelicans are better than he's giving credit, but Eric Gordon missing 18 games is healthy for him (not to mention, you even said yourself that he hurts the Pelicans more than helps), Jason Smith hasn't played a full season since '10-'11, Ryan Anderson's injury was very unfortunate and not expected, but he missed 15-19 games three straight seasons to start his career (although he was healthy the previous two), Reke has missed at least 10 games in every season except '11-'12, Davis missed 18 last year. The Jrue one was the only guy whose injury was really blatantly uncharacteristic. Although some of the lengths are above norm. Point remains, a lot of the Pelicans players are "injury prone" to an extent. I wouldn't label Davis with that yet, as bad teams tend to not be in a hurry to rush guys back to the floor.

The problem with the Pelicans are, you don't know when a player is really hurt or not. They're too protective, and that bothers me to a degree.

They have gone on record and said that Davis could play if we were in a playoff hunt or something. Same goes for the time he missed last season, injuries he could have played for but no need to risk it. I believe the same holds true for Jrue Holiday. Ryan Anderson doesn't worry me, because he hasn't shown any signs of being injury prone as a member of this franchise. His injury to start the season was a dumb decision on his part (he kicked a chair and broke his toe), and like you said the big injury was dumb luck but he's going to make a full recovery and last I heard he'll be good to go three or four months from now. Tyreke could be a little worrisome, but I've seen enough to know that he's a guy that will play through injuries if necessary. The only two guys that I would say are really injury prone are Jason Smith and Eric Gordon, and neither of those really bother me.

 

[Mexi]

So which series will Roy Hibbert put together 3 or 4 games that make people forget about how shitty he is the other 90% of games he plays?

we all know he only plays well vs miami

Joakim gives him problems and plumlee's athleticism will too. I think KG will be a little more active in the playoffs too

If theyre lucky enough to beat those teams, they can still beat miami, but dont sleep on chicago and brooklyn

Been telling you guys bout brooklyn for months...

 

[Hurricane Season]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnaZBRumpg4&feature=youtu.be